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On Wed, 06 Feb 2002 20:51:47 -0800, CBFalconer wrote:

> Thanks.  If I had a handy x86 manual I *might* have eventually figured
> it out. Incidentally, I found that gcc generated better code for:
> 
>               h = h * 31UL + *string++;
> than for:
>               h = (h << 5) - h;
>               h += *string++;
> 
> the latter used an additional temporary.  Which proves something or
> other.
 
That once again, "Optimize your algorithms, not your source code" is
wisdom to live by? :)

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